Translator: CinderTL
After parting ways with Yan He, Song Wen no longer needed the Cosmic Transformation Incarnation to deceive others and immediately retracted it.
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Earth Barbarian Bull hadn't pursued him, but the situation remained perilous.
Demon beasts lurked to both his east and west, while he was currently heading north.
Song Wen planned to travel a hundred li north before turning east to escape the mountain range.
However, he had barely flown ten li when a thunderous roar erupted from the east.
Moments later, a figure came crashing toward him—Ye Bing.
Like Wei Qian, she had been struck by a powerful blow and sent flying.
Boom!
Ye Bing slammed into a mountain peak, sending rocks tumbling and dust billowing into the air.
Immediately afterward, another figure tore through the miasma fog—Xiao Ying.
Behind her, a series of furious roars shook the heavens and earth, causing the miasma fog to churn violently.
Song Wen inwardly cursed his luck and prepared to activate the Blood Escape Technique to flee.
Just then, a colossal humanoid figure descended from the sky.
It was a Giant Ape, towering over three hundred meters tall. Its body was a mass of knotted muscles, its dark skin covered in stiff, steel needle-like black bristles. Its massive arms ended in broad palms with sword-sharp claws, capable of tearing through anything with ease.
The most striking feature of the Giant Ape was its pair of blood-red eyes, which glowed like crimson lanterns in the gray miasma.
Before it even landed, the ape lashed out with both claws simultaneously, each claw unleashing a ten-zhang-long arc of energy.
One arc slashed toward Xiao Ying, while the other targeted Song Wen.
Compared to these massive arcs, Song Wen and Xiao Ying appeared as insignificant as ants.
Even before the energy arcs struck, Song Wen felt an overwhelming aura of sharpness and killing intent bearing down on him.
Though the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape was only at the peak of the fifth-tier, the pressure it exerted on Song Wen far surpassed that of the three three-headed double-winged centipedes he had faced in Gale Canyon combined.
Song Wen raised his hand and summoned the Spirit Guard Umbrella.
The umbrella erupted with spiritual light, unleashing a deep, dark radiance.
A thunderous boom shook the air as the energy arc slammed into the Spirit Guard Umbrella.
The umbrella's dark radiance flickered violently but held firm.
Yet Song Wen, umbrella in hand, was sent hurtling backward by the force of the impact.
He crashed into the mountain peak where Ye Bing stood.
Just as he was about to collide with the rock face, a gentle yet firm force caught him from behind, steadying his fall.
Song Wen turned to see Ye Bing, who offered him a warm smile.
She seemed completely unfazed by his sudden display of Divine Transformation Realm cultivation.
At the same moment, Xiao Ying also managed to block her energy arc.
However, the way she deflected the claw strike greatly surprised Song Wen.
A fleshy tumor on her face suddenly split open, and a small, four-legged snake crawled out.
The snake abruptly expanded, transforming into a creature over three meters long.
It opened its toad-like maw and spewed a thick, brownish-yellow smog that instantly enveloped Xiao Ying and the surrounding thirty meters.
The claw strike sliced through the smog and emerged from the other side.
The smog was split in two by the claw strike and gradually dissipated, revealing Xiao Ying unharmed.
The four-legged snake, seemingly having exhausted its spiritual energy, reverted to its smaller form and crawled back into the split tumor.
The tumor automatically closed, sealing the snake inside.
Song Wen was surprised by Xiao Ying's methods because he sensed the aura of a Gu within the snake.
In other words, the four-legged snake wasn't a spirit beast but a type of Gu insect.
As Song Wen gazed at the various-sized tumors on Xiao Ying's face, he mused inwardly:
"Could each of these tumors contain a Gu insect? If so, are the others all four-legged snakes? Or different kinds of Gu?"
The Blood-Eyed Giant Ape, enraged that its attack had been effortlessly deflected by two mere insects, roared furiously.
With a sudden lunge, it charged toward the nearest target: Xiao Ying.
Xiao Ying immediately turned and fled, shouting in alarm.
"Ye Bing, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and help me!" Her tone carried no hint of pleading, instead radiating an air of command, as if addressing a subordinate.
Ye Bing's eyes flashed with anger at the woman's words.
Yet without hesitation, she moved to aid Xiao Ying.
With a gentle wave of her plum blossom fan, a torrent of icy energy surged forth, sweeping toward the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape like a tidal wave.
Sensing the encroaching chill, the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape roared skyward, its cavernous maw opening to unleash a thunderous bellow in the direction of the approaching cold.
"ROAR—"
The earth-shattering roar reverberated through the heavens, unleashing a powerful hurricane that swirled toward the icy energy.
Under the hurricane's relentless assault, the icy energy was scattered and mixed with the miasma, gradually dissipating.
Though this only stalled the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape for a moment, it bought Xiao Ying a precious chance to catch her breath.
Just as the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape prepared to pounce on Xiao Ying again, a thunderous rumble of hooves echoed from the south, accompanied by earth-shaking tremors.
Wei Qian was the first to break through the miasma fog. He glanced at the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape before urgently darting away at an angle.
Immediately afterward, the miasma fog churned violently as the Earth Barbarian Bull charged forward, its hooves pounding the ground.
It rampaged through the landscape, shattering mountains and splitting the earth in its wake.
"Moo!"
When the Earth Barbarian Bull spotted the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape, it reacted as if it had encountered a sworn enemy, abandoning its pursuit of Wei Qian.
Lowering its head to expose its sharp horns, it charged directly at the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape.
A cold glint flashed in the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape's eyes, as if it regarded the Earth Barbarian Bull's challenge with disdain.
Abandoning Xiao Ying as well, it leaped forward, spreading its arms like a raptor spreading its wings, and instantly closed the distance to the Earth Barbarian Bull.
Its massive arms shot out, unerringly seizing the Earth Barbarian Bull's sharp horns.
Then, with a sudden surge of strength, its muscles tensed, channeling all its power into its hands.
The Earth Barbarian Bull, overwhelmed by this immense force, involuntarily tilted toward the ground, its massive body plowing a deep furrow into the earth.
The Blood-Eyed Giant Ape released one of its massive claws, which had been gripping the Earth Barbarian Bull's horn, and raised it high, tracing an arc through the air before slamming it down with brutal force.
The giant claw, as sharp as a steel hook, tore into the Earth Barbarian Bull's nape, sinking deep into flesh and muscle and ripping away a massive chunk of bloody meat. Crimson blood gushed forth like a surging spring.
Roaring in pain, the Earth Barbarian Bull kicked wildly with its hooves. Its massive body, resembling a moving mountain, lunged forward, slamming its head into the Blood-Eyed Giant Ape's chest.
The Blood-Eyed Giant Ape, clearly experienced in battling these beasts, deftly avoided the bull's horns, taking the full force of the headbutt.
Though it avoided being gored, the bull's immense power still proved overwhelming, forcing the giant ape to stagger backward repeatedly.
Seizing its chance, the Earth Barbarian Bull broke free of the giant ape's grip. Glaring resentfully at its tormentor, it whirled around and charged deep into the mountain range.
The Blood-Eyed Giant Ape glanced at its bloodied chest, but made no move to pursue. Instead, it turned its attention to tracking down Song Wen and the others.
(End of the Chapter)
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